SS/Fire/Mace or SS/Inv/Mace.
Best fiteklubbing brute = DM/EA/Soul
SS/SR gives a damage bonus...
...to your opponents. 
Seriously though I will be running that combo when I get it up high enough (I don't PL so sue me). The uberness of SS combined with the wimpyness of PvP SR is so jarring, it's like PvP performance art.
And I'm taking Mako because there aren't enough Sharks in PvP these days, and due to theme. 
Brutes do serve a really good purpose in zone PvP: often they are the only visible opponents, so they start absorbing blows and then this gives the Stalkers an opportunity to AS. It's a valuable, and greatly under-appreciated, role.
Take and six-slot Taunt. So many PvP Brutes don't, it's shameful.
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i would never ever ever recommend an SR brute.
i had a fully purpled out, completely IO'd, amazing fire/sr that used to wreck ice/ss tanks right about the time when i13 hit...
after the elusivity nerf, i took it apart and put the IOs into something else. SR is horrible. it's like not having a secondary.
SS/Elec, Fire/Elec or SS/Fire are really your best bets... just dont expect to be a blaster; get webnades, get taunt. make people cry.
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Agreed. Just last night I had to prove it to myself again...or maybe 2 nights ago. Had to run from a dom that did not miss a single attack on me....and then quit in disgust after being hit with 3 attacks in a row from 3 different stalkers...while I was in elude. Literally my entire secondary on that toon is Aid Self and the temp phase from WB.
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Originally Posted by black_barrier
SR is horrible. it's like not having a secondary.
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Originally Posted by Supermax
Agreed. Literally my entire secondary on that toon is Aid Self and the temp phase from WB.
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Ok, so Fire/ on a Brute is good? I dont think I have really ever seen anything but SS/ and DM/. But I guess if you IO it out enough, it can be decent.
If /EA is slotted enough and what not, could it be playable in PvP or will that be like not having a secondary as well?
Below is my Fire/Elec brute. I made it for Sirens Call. What do yo u think?
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Level 50 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: Fiery Melee
Secondary Power Set: Electric Armor
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Medicine
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Fire Sword
- (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage
- (13) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance
- (13) Touch of Death - Damage/Recharge
- (15) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (15) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative)
- (17) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance
- (3) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Recharge
- (3) Titanium Coating - Endurance/Recharge
- (5) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
- (5) Titanium Coating - Resistance
- (7) Titanium Coating - Endurance
- (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
- (37) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
- (39) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
- (39) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (39) Kinetic Combat - Knockdown Bonus
- (40) Damage Increase IO
- (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
- (7) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
- (9) Reactive Armor - Endurance/Recharge
- (9) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
- (11) Reactive Armor - Endurance
- (11) Reactive Armor - Resistance
- (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
- (45) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
- (46) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
- (46) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance
- (46) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
- (48) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
- (A) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage
- (48) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance
- (48) Crushing Impact - Damage/Recharge
- (50) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (50) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (50) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (A) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance
- (17) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Recharge
- (19) Titanium Coating - Endurance/Recharge
- (19) Titanium Coating - Resistance
- (21) Titanium Coating - Endurance
- (21) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Empty
- (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
- (25) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
- (25) Reactive Armor - Endurance/Recharge
- (27) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
- (27) Reactive Armor - Resistance
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- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Endurance Modification IO
- (23) Endurance Modification IO
- (23) Endurance Modification IO
- (A) Empty
- (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
- (43) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
- (43) Run Speed IO
- (43) Run Speed IO
- (45) Endurance Reduction IO
- (45) Endurance Reduction IO
- (A) Empty
- (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
- (29) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
- (33) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
- (34) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
- (34) Doctored Wounds - Heal
- (34) Doctored Wounds - Recharge
- (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance
- (31) Numina's Convalescence - Endurance/Recharge
- (31) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge
- (31) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
- (33) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
- (33) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
- (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
- (40) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance
- (40) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge
- (42) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
- (42) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (42) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
- (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
- (36) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
- (36) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
- (36) Performance Shifter - Accuracy/Recharge
- (37) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
- (37) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy
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Level 1: Brawl
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fire is only above ss when you're running focused acc and taunting and webbing people.
So I guess I should stick with SS then?
unless ur gonna taunt and web people :P
So the best dueling wise would be..?
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What in Fire/ is better than the +tohit from rage? O_o
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Originally Posted by black_barrier
fire is only above ss when you're running focused acc and taunting and webbing people.
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the raw powuh that fire has....|
Originally Posted by Xanatos
What in Fire/ is better than the +tohit from rage? O_o
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oh to the OP brutes aren't duelist, unless u mean fiteclubbing than fire would be best..but if u wanna do non-fiteclub duels I would prefer scrapp or tank if ur set on a melée class
I always wanted a playable Brute in PvP, but I'm not sure which build to go for. I really would like to stray away from the classic SS/WP or SS/Fire. But who knows...
Anyone know a good Brute build?
Thanks!